Improvement in stair-rod fastenings



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INrTED STATES EMIL BATH, or NEW YORK, N. Y.,

PATENT Orrrcn.

ASSIGNOR 'I'O MORITZ KRICKL, OF

SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN STAIR=ROD FASTENINGS.

o all w/wntit may concern,.-

Beit known that I, EMIL BATH, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fasteners forStair-Rods; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which 'will enable those skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in whichvdrawings-` Figurel shows a top view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken inthe line a: m of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section in the plane yy, Fig. l.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in a fastening device for stair-rodsv.composedof a button pivoted on a standard which goes through a slot in thestair-rod, and arranged in such a manner that when it is desired tofasten the stair-rod the button is swung in line with the standard, andthe stair-rod is then passed down over the standard and pressed downbelow the button, when the latter is swung around at right angles to thestandard so as to extend across the slotin the rod. The fastening isapplied at each end of the rod, and the standards which carry thebuttons are screwed into the angles of the stairs, or otherwise securedtherein in any convenient Inode.

The letter A designates one ofthe steps of a stairs, and B a riser, andC is a stair-rod, which fits the angle formed by them.

The letter D designates a standard, which has on one end a screw, E, sothat it can be screwed into the angles of a stairs, and on the other enda button, F, which is pivoted to the `upper part of the standard in sucha manner that it can be revolved thereon and be brought either in linewith the standard or at right The stair-rod is provided with slots G atsuitable places, to allow it to be passed over the standards, of whichthere should be two for each stairstep; and I make the slots tocorrespond in form with the shape of the standards, making them only alittle larger than the diameter of the standards, so that the rods canpass over them with facility, while the buttons F, when standing atright angles with the standards, cannot pass through the slots. Havingscrewed or Xed the standards in their places, I turn the buttons so asto bring them in line with the standards, press-Y ing the rod down uponthe carpet that is to be confined until it is below the button, when I`turn the buttons at right angles to the standard and across the slot. Onreleasing the rod from pressure, the elasticity of the carpet providespressure enough from below to hold the stairrod up against the buttons,the standards being screwed into the stairs far enough to bring thebuttons at the proper height. I make the buttons alike on both edges, sothat they present the same appearance all around, and in breadth theyare made equal to or less than the diameter of the standard, so thatwhen swung in line with the standards they will pass through the slots,while their length is greater than the diameter of the slots, so that they cannot pass through when laid across the slots. Instead of arrangingthe slots in the body of the stair-rod to receive the standards andbuttons, they can be placed in the edges. The top of the standard 4isbifurcated, and the button is pivoted between the forks in such a mannerthat it can be revolved.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The button F, pivoted to the standard D, in combination with thestair-rod C, formed with the slot G, arranged and operatingsubstantially as herein shown and described.

EMIL BATH.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KAsTENHUBER.

